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Fictive Poem By A Fictive Poet In A Fictive Novel
From the manuscript of an unsusccessful novel,
that now occupies, in my memory, a rather narrow hovel:
You murdered someone. Yet, you continue to live---
imprisoned for life, no death penalty
(although its legal availability
was there; the judge's choice mystifies me).
Perhaps, though, one of your neighbors will give
a sudden shove to a well-sharpened shiv,
and launch your soul into the hell of agony
in which it will spend its entire eternity.
Starward
